Jo(e) needed help getting out of the mall. Kinesis is continuing on her journey, saying good byes and looking forward to hellos. Yes, people actually do live in West Texas - James has the pictures to prove it. Welcome back!

Friends, this is a re-worked Typepad template and I do not know how to change the font size. It appears to me to be slightly larger than what we had before.

Lorna, if your eyes are bothering you, I would suggest you think about adjusting the view on your computer, not just for this page but in general. It can be done temporarily or more generally. If it's not something you know how to do, ask one of the teenagers in your house. I always ask mine when I am puzzled.

There may be further renovations. I wanted us to have some color here in the party room. That white carpet will be very difficult to clean up when I get home. Jello stains, don't you know. ;-)